The Queen Who Deserves To Be Tainted - Chapter 7.1

When Ejnar entered the study, he seemed oddly displeased, and Robert seemed to know the reason.

“Should we send the princess back to Tems Palace now?”

He looked at Robert with an expression that said, ‘What are you talking about?’

“Is that why you’re not in a good mood now?”

“Not in a good mood?”

Ejnar furrowed one eyebrow, seemingly unaware.

“Anyone in the main palace would say the same thing if asked.”

Robert shrugged.

“You don’t look happy. You brought the princess back again. Isn’t that why?”

“I don’t necessarily think so…”

As he spoke, Robert stared at him with a puzzled expression.

After a moment.

“Robert.”

Ejnar asked Robert seriously.

“How’s my tone?”

“Your Majesty’s tone?”

“Yes.”

“Bad.”

“…You.”

“Straightforward.”

Robert added with a little more enthusiasm.

“It’s fortunate that you’re a king. If you were a noble, you’d be on the gallows for a heinous crime…”

As Robert spoke, he glanced at Ejnar. By this point, Ejnar should be glaring at him with a terrifying expression, but surprisingly, he was seriously contemplating.

…This was another kind of terrifying.

He couldn’t be thinking of sending me to the gallows for some terrible crime now, could he?

In a hurry, Robert opened his mouth.

“Your Majesty, what I meant was…!”

“That much? Me?”

Taken aback by the unexpectedly serious response, Robert was bewildered. What, did he take it seriously? Robert asked in a bewildered voice.

“Who says His Majesty has an unfortunate tone?”

Of course, there couldn’t be such a straightforward person in the world. Nevertheless, seeing him seriously contemplating, he couldn’t help but be suspicious if someone had said such words to Ejnar.

“That can’t be.”

If that wasn’t the issue, then why would the woman cry so much right after parting ways with him? Ejnar remembered the tear stains on Elfreda’s face when she collapsed and furrowed his brow.

Even if she was a barbarian, she was still a princess who had lived like a greenhouse flower. It didn’t seem like he said anything harsh enough to make her cry so much. Besides, why was she crying so bitterly?

Anyway, she was a tiresome and annoying woman.

He shuddered at the thought of her.

The last image of the woman was following him annoyingly. As he casually reminisced, Ejnar shook his head soon after. The annoying woman quickly disappeared.

* * *

Elfreda’s condition improved day by day. During this time, there were no encounters between Ejnar and her. She had promised to stay locked in her room to avoid such situations.

Naturally, Ejnar didn’t go to find her first.

‘That day, I was too sick. My body and mind were completely messed up.’

Elfreda held onto such hope as she recovered.

The only emotion allowed for her was guilt. Any other personal feelings were not only unforgivable but also shameless and audacious. Most importantly, they would make her suffer for a lifetime. He wouldn’t sincerely smile at her even once. So, she had to get rid of those hopes by any means necessary.